Author: Ismail Kadare

Quotes

The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant.

The great universal literature has always had a tragic relation with freedom. The Greeks renounced absolute freedom and imposed order on chaotic mythology, like a tyrant.

- Ismail Kadare

Literature led me to freedom, not the other way round.

Literature led me to freedom, not the other way round.

- Ismail Kadare

I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life.

I thought for a long time about leaving Albania, but at the same time to play a role in its life.

- Ismail Kadare

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